Search results

I was in exactly your shoes, Jpress. I leased a KM 6501 and haven't looked back. Great market segment. Great machine. Digital print is not the same as offset print. Just be aware of that and be prepared for a learning curve and you'll do great

Just going over some figures comparing this year to last. Revenue up 28% over last year Profits went from a five figure loss to a five figure profit (exactly the same amount of thousands turnaround) New wide format venture accounts for 6% of revenue New digital offering accounts for 19% of...

I have a customer that I produce several hundred thousand (and growing) brochures per quarter. Up until now, I've been subcontracting the folding to another printer and I really don't like doing this. As well, the customer wants these to be bundled in 12's and my supplier doesn't want to do it...

Are you willing to take a chance for 15 cents per thousand? Even if you use a million a month that only amounts to a $150 savings. I don't ever turn my nose up at any kind of profit especially in today's market but if you are concerned then is it really worth it for 15 cents per thousand. Your...

Have a customer who wants 100, 9" x 12" envelopes. Not full coverage. CMYK. We tried passing through blank ones and couldn't get them to feed. Operator is concerned about activating the glue on the flap. We are relatively new to digital (45 years in the offset world) and have had great success...

I think the only way to run self adhesive sheets through a toner device is to use laser safe product. This way it's guaranteed to work under high temperature conditions. If you've used such a product I would go back to the label manufacturer with a complaint and expect them to fix your problem...

Oh and I forgot the best one.........I had a customer ask me for a price option if they used a sans serif type versus a serif type. There rationale was that the sans serif type doesn't have any serifs so it will use less ink and less ink would cost less money. Yikes

I once had someone show up at my office looking for a 300 page catalogue printed CMYK throughout. The proceeded to show me laser prints of the pages and they were full of color images.There were thousands of them in this book. They handed me a 3.5" floppy with all the artwork files on it and...

We printed an order of business cards on our KM6501 that has a very dark brown background. When we put it in the cutter to trim them to the final size the toner chips off the edge and leaves a white "halo" on the edges of the card. One side appears a little better than the other but is still...

***********

Not sure if this is allowed on this board but everyone seems very helpful with everything else I post. I have a need for what I call "integrated" membership cards. They are essentially an 8.5 x 11 sheet that has a micro perfed card embedded and laminated on both sides. These can be put through...

Thanks for all the responses. I'm buying all of you a virtual beer this evening. If you don't show I'll just drink it myself We've been successful with a 2 parts silver to one part of matte varnish. Customer is doing final press proof in a half hour but I'm sure this is what he's looking for.

I'm printing a piece that is to be printed on a very dark gray heavy cover stock. The client is using PMS 877 silver but wants to remove as much of the metallic look as possible. We are thinking that if we cut it with mixing white we may be able to dull the color down a little bit to something a...

I've been looking around and ideally I would need a RDM MICR verifier but don't want to spend the $7000-$8000. Anyone out there know of a trade shop that might add this MICR #'s to my shells? In Canada would be most desirable.

I'll soon be doing a project for a very good customer that involves a static MICR number. These are for billing sheets that are 8.5 x 11. They have two cross perfs to make a 3 section form. Each section has a static MICR that is the same on all of the pieces that I'm printing. This MICR number...

We've been certified for 5 years now and it's time for our Annual Audit. In the past I've just accepted Smartwood's fee without much debate. This year I want to try and lower as many costs as I can and will be putting them in a competitive environments (no pun intended). Can anyone provide a...

Check out the GATF and PIA bookstore. I've purchased several books on everything from marketing to CTP devices. Frankly (and this is so very anti-print) you can find a lot of what you are looking for online but I would definitely start with GATF and PIA. Good luck to you my friend. You sound...

Every month we produce a 64 page magazine that is full of nothing but ads. These ads range in size from 1/8 of a page to full page size. Each page has a variety of sizes on it. With all the combinations of sizes that are used there are many many combinations of ad sizes that can be on a given...

If you want to send me the film, I'll strip it for you and can even burn plates to ship back if you want. I still have everything we need to work with film because once or twice a year film rears it's ugly head. I realize it doesn't help you in the long term but maybe gets you over the hump...

Resolved. Printer is more than capable of printing paper. The installation guy is an "idiot" according to the sales guy. Sales guy is "going to set the installation guy straight". Quote/unquote YIKES!!! Not very professional